you+me=cupoftea

ramblings of alex
also known as
bluespoon when making visuals
and as
statix when I used to make demos
and as
visual-technical-co-founder of mediamolecule
when
making games like LitteBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet Central announce ‘LBPC: The Game’ with a launch trailer! →

You might have seen our tweet about it but LittleBigPlanet Central have made a trailer for thier upcoming collaborative level building project, entitled: LBPC: The Game.

LBPC: The Game is a…

We need a production server developer! →

We posted this a while ago on the site - but when we got a new site, it got lost in the move. Never mind, we found it in a box and have unpacked it again. So, if you missed it the first time, here…

New blog, new feature: Found Art! →

The Mm office is a melting pot of semi-organised creative chaos. Doodles, paintings and idea-splurges line the walls, scribblings on the backs of notepads lie abandoned in meeting rooms. And the…

LittleBig Land’s Fairytale contest winner announced →

Just before Christmas we blogged about LittleBigLand’s Create contest to make a level based on a famous fairytale, but with an lbp twist.

With over 90 levels submitted, a winner has been chosen,…

We need a Network Programmer →

We make all of our own technology and tools, with one single focus…… making a great game! This is a unique opportunity to be an integral member of an efficient games team; where designing…

Check out Papermint! →

Some friends of ours have just launched their first game – Papermint.

It’s a crazy-yet-awesome-looking free-to-play social networking virtual world type thing, and we’re really looking forward to…

Happy Christmas! →

This morning we all crept downstairs to see what Father Christmas had left for us in our stockings. We got an orange, and some chocolate, a doodad, some wotchamacallems and that neat little toy we’d…

Who watches the Watchmen? →

Wow, it’s been a little while since we had any new costumes or stickers to talk about hasn’t it? I know this because my inbox and the various internet forums are both filled with your cries, your…

LBP Tips Special 3 – The Thermometer →

Another tips video from us? How kind we are!

So, you’re building your masterpiece, you’re half way through, but suddenly OH NOES your level is overheating! The Thermometer has gone through the…

A Big Box of Stuff for Mm →

A big box arrived in the office yesterday, a big box of toys, nik-naks and random hodge-podge sent to us from one of our friends and fans! Look at all these awesome things to play with and fight…

A closer look at the GOTY bonus levels →

The folks over at VGBlogger have published an article taking a closer look at the 18 player created bonus levels included in the recently released Game of the Year Edition of LittleBig Planet. Man…

DevFace #3: Mark and Danny, Designers →

In a continuing series of videos, of which far too few have been made, we invite you today to meet two of our designers, Mark S (not to be confused with Mark H) and Danny. They are developers,…

Game of the Year edition is out today! →

If you’re state-side, you’ll be able to pop into a video games boutique today and pick up the new Game of the Year edition of LittleBigPlanet!

Game of the Year!

This new boxed edition of our favourite…

Look what we found in a cupboard today →

Whilst tidying this morning, Mags the Mechanic Accountant stumbled upon a rather cool thing in the filing cabinet: a little flyer which was used around the time we were first pitching…

The LittleBigReview Group’s Platinum Trophy →

Here’s something we missed: The incredibly dedicated folks who make up the LittleBigReviewers group have reached a landmark 300 levels reviews, and to celebrate, they have taken it upon themselves…

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